Showing posts with label Doce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doce. Show all posts

Monday 7 March 2022

Bingo (Bem Bom) - Doce

The Portuguese girl group Doce represented their country at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1982 with the song 'Bem Bom'. I wasn't aware until very recently that they also recorded their song in Spanish. The single was titled 'Bingo (Bem Bom)', which doesn't tell you much about the actual language of the song - it could have been English, Dutch or anywhere else where the word 'Bingo' is part of the national vocabulary. 

But it is a Spanish version, translated by J.R. Flores. The musketeer outfits which they wore on the Eurovision stage and on the sleeve of the Portuguese single 'Bem Bom' had to go in favour of sexier clothes and big motorbikes. I'm not sure why. 

My collection: 7" single no. 6646
Found: Discogs.com, received 1 March 2022
Cost: €3
Tracks: 'Bingo (Bem Bom)' / 'OK KO'

Monday 4 January 2010

Bem bom - Doce

The female quartet Doce, consisting of Laura Diogo, Lena Coelho, Fátima Padinha and Teresa Miguel, represented Portugal during the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with the catchy pop song 'Bem bom' ('Very good'). During their performance, the four women were dressed in musketeer outfits.

They finished 13th in a field of 18 competitors. The single was released in several European countries, but failed to chart outside of Portugal.

My collection: 7" single no. 4400
Found: Second Life Music, Amsterdam, December 30, 2009
Cost: 1 euro
Tracks: 'Bem bom (English version)' / 'Bem bom (Portuguese version)'

Friday 27 March 2009

For the love of Conchita - Doce

The Portuguese girl group Doce was formed in 1980 by Laura Diogo, Lena Coelho, Fátima Padinha, and Teresa Miguel. They participated in the Portuguese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, but finished second. In 1981 they tried again, with the song 'Ali-Bábá, um homem das Arábias', which finished fourth. Their third try in 1982 was successful: the song 'Bem bom' brought them to Harrowgate to participate in that year's Contest.

After this song was released as a single, they followed it up with 'For the love of Conchita'. It didn't chart in most countries, except for Portugal. I bought the single while buying a stack of singles in my favourite shop round the corner, just out of curiosity.

My collection: 7" single no. 3294
Found: Disco Market, Den Haag, February 24, 2001
Cost: 1 guilder
Tracks: 'For the love of Conchita' / 'Choose again'

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